Pages

January 30, 2020

Scientists prove high fibre white bread is possible

Group identifies the parts of the wheat genome that control fibre content of white flour – raises hope that products will be in supermarkets within five years. It might be the best thing to happen to bread since, well, sliced bread.

An international group of scientists led by Rothamsted Research and the John Innes Centre have opened the door to healthier white bread, after they pinpointed genes responsible for the dietary fibre content of flour.
 

Image credit: Mitchenall on Flickr
(CC BY 2.0)
They say this new white flour is otherwise identical and makes a good quality white loaf – but with all the added health benefits that come from eating wholemeal bread, including reduced cancer, diabetes and obesity risks.

The high fibre white flour they produced has as much as twice the fibre of traditional white flour.

Writing in the journal PLOS ONE, lead author Dr Alison Lovegrove, Rothamsted Research, said the team had achieved the breakthrough by exploiting the results of an earlier genetic screen of over 150 different wheat varieties from around the world.


Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

UK and Australia join forces in simulated African swine fever exercise

This week, the UK and the New South Wales government in Australia will collaborate on a joint, simulated exercise to practice biosecurity measures in the event of an African swine fever outbreak. 

The joint exercise involving Defra, the Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA) and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) in New South Wales is currently taking place (starting Wednesday 29th January) and aims to strengthen the two nations' joint control strategies for the disease.

There has never been an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the UK and there are robust measures in place to protect against it, including joint operations with Border Force and a policy to seize and destroy all illegal imports of meat and meat products.


 
Image credit: Nick Saltmarsh on Flickr
(CC BY 2.0)
However, ASF is a major risk to the pig industries of both Australia and the UK due to trade links with and proximity to affected regions in Asia and Europe. In the event of an outbreak, disease control measures will mean the governments will put in place movement controls for all pig-related businesses, potentially including feed delivery, slaughter houses, pig breeding units or movement of animals to sales.

The focus of the exercise will be to assess how the movement restrictions would be applied in practice to best manage an ASF outbreak.

Christine Middlemiss, Chief Veterinary Officer, said, 'While there has never been an outbreak of African swine fever in the UK, we are in no way complacent and have robust measures in place to protect against it.'

She continued, 'The UK has strong links with Australia and scientific cooperation is one of them so I welcome this initiative to share information and experience, helping us to maintain our high biosecurity standards.'

The simulated exercise started on Wednesday 29th January and will conclude on Friday 31st, with experts in risk assessment, epidemiology, science and disease control policy from Australia and the UK collaborating to form plans for African swine fever control. It will contribute to the skills of specialised teams who make the rapid risk assessments which would be required in an ASF biosecurity emergency.

Taking place in the cities of Orange and Port Stephens in New South Wales, Australia, the NSW DPI staff will be working with Local Land Services, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong. Whilst at the same time, Defra counterparts will be participating in the exercise in London, UK alongside the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

In June 2019 ASF was found in meat seized by port authorities in Northern Ireland before entering the country, the first time the ASF virus has been detected in the UK.

ASF has been reported in Belgium, Slovakia, Serbia, China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Indonesia.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

January 29, 2020

Delacon’s delivers a new heat stress solution to North America

At IPPE 2020 which is currently taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Delacon has presented their latest heat stress product for poultry to North America. Biostrong® Comfort is now available in the USA and Canada.

Every year, hot and humid weather wreaks havoc on poultry production worldwide. Rising temperatures can significantly reduce bird performance due to lower feed intake and reduced feed efficiency, which, in turn, can lead to reduced body weight gain and egg production.
 
Image credit: Delacon
Biostrong® Comfort, developed by Delacon to support poultry at the highest temperatures and humidity levels, aims to lessen the impact of heat stress, which is estimated to cost the poultry industry more than $100 million per year.


'Our special formulation of flavonoids, essential oils and other phytogenic active ingredients supports feed intake and specific nutrient supply for better performance,' says David Harrington, Species Leader Poultry at Delacon.
 


Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

Join us at the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference

The Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference, co-organised by International Aquafeed, Dr Mian Riaz of Texas A&M University and VIV is once again taking place one day before VICTAM Asia and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia!

This rendition of the conference will specialise in extrusion for aquatic feeds, and will be held one day before the exhibition on March 23rd. The full-day conference will feature a variety of industry expert speakers delivering innovative presentations on how users can make the best use of their extrusion machinery and aqua feed systems.




Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

January 28, 2020

The true cost of livestock production

A new publication from Evonik and KPMG examines the impacts of poultry and swine production and outlines the potential societal benefits of using feed additives which reduce protein intake.

Current livestock farming practices contribute to serious global challenges, including climate change, land degradation, and pollution. Therefore, more sustainable methods are urgently required to meet the increasing demand for meat, fish, milk and eggs.
 

To build the case for using innovative animal feed practices on a large scale, Evonik partnered with finance and sustainability professionals at KPMG member firms to measure and evaluate the impacts of livestock production.

Societal impacts
The analysis, using the KPMG True Value methodology, compared the societal impacts of using innovative animal feed versus conventional feed. It covered the economic, environmental and social impacts of meat production across the value chain, from the cultivation of crops for animal feed through to animal husbandry.

The analysis was based on 2018 market shares of innovative feed in chicken production in Brazil and pork production in China, and on the most advanced innovative feed composition available at the time. The team quantified the impacts in financial terms using valuation data selected from a wide variety of sources.

The Evonik/KPMG True Value approach assigns a financial value for each impact. Once this was established for each impact, the total value of impacts could be calculated for production using innovative animal feed and conventional feed. The two calculations revealed significant differences between the two types of feed in terms of their social and environmental impacts.

The analysis valued the environmental and social impacts of poultry production in Brazil at €1,345 per ton of live weight (t/lw) when conventional animal feed is used. The most significant impacts are land use to produce crops for animal feed and air pollution from the chickens' waste.


Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

January 27, 2020

New premix facility supports growth of feed and pet food businesses, USA

D&D Ingredient Distributors, Inc. announces the full-scale operation of its new premix plant at the company headquarters in Delphos, Ohio. The high-tech, state-of-the-art facility features automated micro ingredient proportioning, blending, and precision mixing technology to serve D&D's expanding range of customers. D&D already supplies premixes and blends going into products sold throughout the US and nearly 30 other countries.

"Demand is growing for the reliable supply of precision formulated and manufactured custom premixes," says Arnie Miller, D&D's President and CEO. "We're helping our partners in the feed and pet food industries to streamline their supply chains."
 
D&D specialises in custom premixing for a wide range of clients in the feed and pet food industries. The new premix facility can blend private label products precisely and uniformly, from single batch quantities to large scale production runs.
Image credit: D&D Ingredient Distributors

"We specialize in the micro ingredients they need," adds Ted Williams, D&D's Chief Operating Officer. "By taking advantage of our ingredient knowledge, formulation expertise, and premixing technology, our customers can better optimize their manufacturing operations. We're helping them concentrate even more on what they do best."

D&D's new premix facility consists of highly specialized equipment, including a precision-automated micro-proportioning system and a 4-ton twin-shaft horizontal ribbon-paddle mixer. The system combines precise amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other micro ingredients in homogenous premixes that blend uniformly in manufactured feed or pet food products. Products manufactured by D&D customers support the health, growth, and active life of dairy animals, beef cattle, pigs, poultry, horses, dogs, cats, and many other species.


Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

the interview | Xavier Bourbon, President of JTIC

Mr Xavier Bourbon is the President of Les Journées Techniques des Industries Céréalières (commonly known as JTIC), a key event for the milling sector held annually in France. Growing up with a father who specialised in the milling and crops sector, Mr Bourbon has always held an interest and appreciation for cereals and milling, which he now uses in his work as president, helping to coordinate the annual exhibition.




How long have you been involved in the milling industry? Have you grown up learning about this sector?
I have been in the milling and cereals industry since I was a kid. My father was a professor in cereals biochemistry at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Meunerie et des Industries Céréalières, France.

How long have you been involved in the industry personally, after graduating from university?
After my studies, I worked three years in the industry. I was directly responsible for a mill which produced three tonnes of flour per day. This mill was producing a significant amount of flour for export, primarily to Africa, and also flour for industries such as boulangerie and other baking products. I eventually left this position to take over a consulting agency in the cereals industry. I am currently the President of this cabinet for JTIC, the Cabinet Bourbon.
Ever since I was a young student, I was regularly attending JTIC every year. I wanted to learn more about the grain industry and JTIC helped further this passion.

How important do you believe education is in the milling industry?
It is more important than ever. The competition between companies in the milling industry is a challenge for mills. Primary knowledge and know-how of the milling and flour techniques and science are, therefore, a necessity. Millers need to know how to plan and implement mill settings and adjustments with different wheat varieties, in order to produce a certain quality of flour. It is a know-how that needs to be learnt, for people to prosper in the industry.

Is there consolidation in French milling industry?
Yes, there is, like in many countries, a consolidation quite important in the milling industry. 30 years ago, there were 900 mills in France, back when I started working. Nowadays, this figure is closer to 400 mills. This trend is continuing with five or six milling groups that own a certain number of plants but there are still independent mills with different and varied plant sizes.

Is there a significant difference between the French milling sector and others? If so, what is that difference?
France has a food history and tradition and has a lot of different flour applications. A specific trait of French mills is their unique multi-application ability. There is not only the French baguette, we produce breads in vast varieties. The market is very diversified and French mills need to be able to utilise different flours for various applications.

How important are the international connections with training or knowledge?
JTIC is not just for millers but also for cereals dealers. One crucial goal for JTIC is to play host to more international exhibitors and to, therefore, be able to benefit from them, their products or services. Conducting sales is not necessarily the aim of JTIC, as the French flour industry is still discovering more about the intricacies of exporting. Indeed, African countries, for instance, now have their own plants, so their needs have decreased.

How important is the international market’s influence or how important is France’s influence on the international market when it comes to milling?
There is an internationalisation in food. Even if France has an important food culture independent of other countries and their own ideas, France is being influenced by food from other countries. We are now able to use our flour to produce foreign food, like Swedish bread or hamburgers, which are always exciting to learn more about.

What will be the role of JTIC in the future? What key things should JTIC do in the future to ensure a profitable future for the industry?
JTIC has always been a meeting point with two days of networking and great opportunities for members of the milling sector. We also want JTIC to bring information and news about innovations, equipment and processing technologies. Our target is that, when visitors come to JTIC to attend the conferences or the exhibition, they find what they came for and leave satisfied.
It is also a great way to build a bridge between generations (from students and current millers through to equipment manufacturers). It is an opportunity for students to find a job or dip their toes into the professional world and learn more about life after their studies.


Smartmill

by Baris Cem Ozpolat, Ozpolat Makine, Turkey

There is a simple, but a very frequently used term in business nowadays: Industry 4.0.

Industry 4.0 is very valid and very necessary term but, in fact, it is a brand.

Let’s explain: There is a specific era we think of when people say “Industrial Revolution” or “The first Industrial Revolution”. In this period, people began utilising steam energy in production processes during the 18th century, which caused production speed to increase and production costs to decrease.
 


These results have raised awareness of the benefits of using machinery and not only hands and tools in the production process. This is called the Industrial Revolution. According to many, the second Industrial Revolution was the “mass production system” Henry Ford invented in the early 1900s.

Mass production means producing hundreds of the same products at once. In this system, the main purpose was to decrease the production time per unit. However, when applied successfully, mass production also led to decreasing the production costs and decreasing product defaults. When producers realised these results, all producers converted their production systems to ones featuring mass production, no matter whether they produced cars, pencils, furniture or chocolate. And that is how Mr Ford ended up being called the ‘father’ of the second Industrial Revolution.

Until the 1980s, only machines, the labour power and our brains were used in all production types, including mass production. All calculations and crosschecks were being done by experts by hand. In the 1980s, society then started benefiting from the first examples of digital technology; computers started to be used in production processes.

Although computers were only being used to make people’s jobs easier in calculating and recording production, the ones who use computers started to use their time more efficiently and produce with fewer default ratios compared to the users who did not use computers in production. So, day by day, more computers started being used in production. People who invented “Industry 4.0” called those years the third Industrial Revolution.

Industry 4.0 is the name of the fourth Industrial Revolution of which globally known engineering and technology company Siemens are accredited to having started. Therefore, Industry 4.0 is a brand of Siemens. The main purpose of this revolution is to use computers and components in production, but not as a helper.

In the 20th century, as people were growing more conscious about human rights, producers realised something: All their production processes were depending fully on their human workers. They found out that to develop their production, they needed to develop their workers.

They used various methods to achieve this goal, such as training their personnel, giving them the feeling of belonging or paying them high salaries to increase worker fulfilment. Some of these methods did work, actually. But after a while, no-one was able to develop with the same speed they used to have. Because no matter how trained or how dedicated their workers were, humans were just humans. Humans made mistakes.

Plus, the time of a human was getting more and more expensive. Since products grow more and more complicated and specialist in terms of manufacturing and understanding, finding the right expert was getting more difficult.


Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

Sefar company profile



Sefar is the leading manufacturer of precision fabrics from monofilaments for the screen printing and filtration markets. Sefar products are used in a wide variety of industries, reaching from electronics, graphics, medical, automotive, food and pharmaceutical applications to aerospace, mining & refining and architecture. With its profound understanding of the applications. Sefar helps its customers to achieve optimum results in their industrial processes.

Subsidiaries and fabrications centres in 26 countries on six continents provide local technical service for the broad range of solutions offered by Sefar. Sefar Group operates weaving plants in Switzerland, Romania and Thailand. Its Monosuisse division produces fine and medium yarns in Switzerland, Poland, Romania and Mexico. In 2017 the Sefar Group achieved sales of 320 million Swiss Francs and employed some 2,600 employees worldwide.

Today, Sefar Nytal is the brand name for all products Sefar produces and sells to the milling industry. Their products are available as ready-made articles as well as rolled goods for all types of sieving machines. Sefar are able to supply millers with all products from one source for sieving, grading, and dust removal as well as connector sleeves, sieve cleaners and tensioning equipment for all major equipment used within the flour milling industry such has plansifters, purifiers, centrifugal sifters and bag houses.

Visit the Sefar website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

January 23, 2020

The art of feed hygiene

by Christophe Michaut, Business Development Manager, Perstorp Animal Nutrition, France

Healthy and safe feed is essential for healthy and safe food – so it is important to have an efficient feed hygiene system in place to minimise the risk of pathogenic bacterial contamination of feed. For businesses, a product recall is costly as well as damaging to their reputation. For feed producers, it could also mean stopping production at a site, followed by decontamination, disposal of feed and materials.

Where there is concern regarding contamination with pathogenic bacteria, measures should be taken to minimise possible hazards. Using effective methods to prevent contamination and recontamination of feed is important for both animal performance and the feed industry.
 


In the past, formaldehyde offered a very effective solution against salmonella in feed. However, being registered as a carcinogen, it was banned in Europe in 2018. The world is now looking forward to new solutions. Organic acids-based feed hygiene solutions and heat treatment are currently considered the most efficient alternatives.

Swedish additives producer Perstorp has been researching the effectiveness of other molecules and combinations of molecules against pathogens in feed for decades. They have come to know that optimal results are achieved by combining moderate heat treatment with optimised additives that prevent recontamination after the heat treatment. A finding supported by research.

Bacterial contamination of feed
REGULATION (EC) No 183/2005 mentions all the rules in the feed chain. What is commonly accepted is that both feed and raw materials must not contain salmonella within a 25g sample. Each year in the EU, 1.8-1.9 percent of samples tested are salmonella positive.

Although salmonella is in focus, millers need to think about enterobacterial contamination as a whole. If only one specific bacterium is focused on, others, that are also having a negative effect on health and performance, may be missed.


Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

Rotaflex company profile




Rotaflex takes only 30 seconds to clean a 8m long mill spout. Rotaflex removes all fouling from all Mill types. Choked spouts are easily removed using Rotaflex without damage, ductwork can also be cleaned with the same system, just with different attachments.


Energy savings can be increased dramatically as Rotaflex cleans heat exchanger and boiler tubes with bespoke accessories. Rotaflex is designed and manufactured by one of the world’s most innovative industrial cleaning specialists, TubeTech International Ltd, and is used by mills in over 60 countries worldwide. Rotaflex is simple, quick and cost effective which your customers will love to see as it means the product you supply is guaranteed to be of good quality and infestation free.

One person can operate Rotaflex, occasionally assisted by a colleague on the lower floor, who confirms when the cleaning head brush appears at the bottom of the spout or hand hole. Flexi-drives are pulled up and down your dirty mill spout with a brush or de-scaler, rotating at the chosen speed, cleaning back to original spout cleanliness.

Rotaflex features electronic controller, variable-speed and balanced wheels for easy handling. The flexible drive has an improved blue, food-grade coating – so robust, even a truck can drive over it without damage!! You can order an 8 or 12-metre-long flexi-drive, plus a set of matching cleaning heads depending on your various mill applications.


VIsit the Rotaflex website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

January 22, 2020

Meeting consumer demands through nutrition-based solutions

by Dr Elliot Block, Global Director of R&D and Tech Services, Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production, USA

The continual growth of emerging economies around the globe means exploding demand for high-value protein from meat, eggs, milk and other dairy products. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), by 2030 annual meat production is projected to reach 376 million tonnes globally, up from 218 million tonnes in 1997-1999.

The increasing demand creates new livestock feed market opportunities, but also creates new challenges. Aligning consumer preferences and evolving rules and regulations with the need to provide healthy and safe products will require new solutions for producers and their suppliers throughout the food supply chain.
 


To address the convergence of consumer demands and safety regulations, researchers are developing new feed additives to help keep livestock and poultry healthy and thriving, either without antibiotics or with limited antibiotic use. Nutrition-based solutions give feed suppliers unique advantages in helping producers be successful in meeting and exceeding consumer demands.

Focusing on the relationship between a healthy gut and the overall resiliency of the animal, research has found the addition of certain dietary ingredients can help maintain natural microbial populations and immune response in the digestive system. With a bolstered immune system, animals respond more favourably to environmental challenges as well as develop more resiliency throughout their productive lives.

For example, multiple research studies demonstrate that feeding the Refined Functional Carbohydrates™ (RFCs™) and yeast culture found in Celmanax™ can help provide a healthy base for animal growth and development, leading to improved animal productivity. Each of the RFCs in Celmanax have biological functions but generally work together to support intestinal immune function and integrity and prevent attachment of pathogens to the intestinal wall. The yeast culture portion of Celmanax supports optimal rumen fermentation and digestion and reduce the effects of toxins, such as mycotoxins, in feed.  


Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

SCE company profile




An important task

The demand for food is becoming bigger and bigger with an increasing global population, which is why companies will have to produce more efficiently and effectively. SCE wishes to help companies with this. By designing silos that take up little space and are quick to assemble in any production unit. That is why food and feed producers around the world also count on their know-how. Their engineers have given their fullest attention to all cooperation and have done so for over 25 years. This has allowed them, since 1988, to collect sufficient experience to successfully complete each and every project.

Just what you are counting on
A perfect operational production machine also requires a perfect operational silo. That is why every effort from their team focuses on durable quality. From the drawing table to production, delivery and assembly, etc., they work according the strictest quality and hygiene standards every step of the way. Even better: even though it is required to meet the strict 'EN 1090-2' standards from June 2014, they have been delivering products with this quality label since 2012.

Results by a personal approach
In the past 25 years, SCE has grown from a family company into an international player. Nevertheless, they have always remained independent. Moreover, they made a conscious decision to limit the size of their teams so they can always work with their clients in a direct manner. By freeing time for sufficient discussions and meetings, end clients and machine manufacturers can seamlessly integrate their silos into their production unit upon completion.

Thinking ahead
If you integrate a silo building into a machine, then you expect it to last just as long as the company itself. That is why SCE delivers silo components from the best materials and all with a focus on durability. Furthermore, their silos are very easy to maintain which limits the costs of use, to last for the entire shelf-life of the project and not be a cause for down-time at any point of its operation.

Construction is assembly

Steel construction components are prefabricated in construction workshops. At the construction site, the activities are limited to joining the turnkey components. This saves time, money, construction waste and inconvenience for the surroundings. Steel construction components are light-weight and compact, which limits the number of transports to the construction sites as well as the number of investments in transport means and infrastructure facilities. The relatively low weight of the construction also saves on the costs for foundations.

Safety at every level
By cooperating with the biggest producers, they encounter the strictest safety standards. This means they keep raising the bar for themselves, which you can profit from. They safeguard the safety of their and your employees both during the production process and assembly of your silo building. But even afterwards, safety prevails for SCE. Their team provides modular silos that guarantee the quality of your product at any time during storage. Would you like complete insight into their work method? They will draw up a safety manual for you at the start of the project on request.

Safety first - Their values:

1. Working safely
2. Knowledge and experience
3. Respect for people and their culture
4. Passion for perfection and teamwork
5. Looking for solutions inquisitively
6. Their word is their bond

Delivering around the world
Their clients call on them from the whole of Europe, Africa, Asia, North, Central and South America. Nevertheless, they always have short delivery times thanks to extensive project management. Thanks to the design of their silos, they can transport all assembly components in ordinary lorries or shipping containers. Everything is stacked in a logical order so the assembly team can set to work quickly on-site and with a minimum of welding! This means your silo building will be installed quickly by their people or your own under the supervision of an SCE assembly leader.

Efficient in transport

Their silos can be transported very easily by lorry or shipping container. Due to the fact that all components are stacked for transport, all space is used.

Always on time

Their word is their bond, which is why it is very rare that their projects exceed the pre-set deadline. Thanks to extensive project planning and good interaction with their clients, they always succeed in avoiding delays.


Visit the SCE website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

PLP Liquid Systems, Famsun and DSAND enter The Animal Feed and Nutrition Awards



Our latest application into The Animal Feed and Nutrition Awards is from Italian company PLP Liquid Systems: their CARDESA solution for the accurate and precise dosing of feed. These awards are given to the most impressive innovations in the realm of feed procesing, nutrition and machinery.

The CARDESA
The Cardesa is an automatic system for the manual dosing for micro-powder components. The system is used for the semi-automatic compilation of recipes. In feed mills, very often a large number of powder ingredients are used, which are added in small quantities and for this, sometimes, it's not convenient to use automatic dosing systems.
The Cardesa systems allow the products to be stored all in a single space, which is customised according to customer needs. The operator, through a control panel placed on the machine, will be able to automatically call the product requested by the formula.

PLP's Cardesa joins a variety applications from Famsun and DSAND Animal Nutrition, competing for The Animal feed and Nutrition Awards trophy.
  

Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

The final GRAPAS Innovations Awards line-up



Applications into the GRAPAS Innovations Awards are now all in, and Milling and Grain magazine are very happy to announce that we have eight brilliant solutions this year from companies based in Germany, China, Turkey and the US, to name but a few.

Our eight confirmed applicants will be delivering presentations regaring their products at the GRAPAS Innovations Conference at VICTAM Animal Health and Nutrition Asia on March 24th, 2020. Following this, the winner(s) of the awards will be decided!

CONFIRMED 2020 APPLICATIONS!
We are thrilled to have recieved eight brilliant applications this year:
  • Henry Simon's HSPU-Purifier
  • Brabender's Production Process System for Lentil and Wheat-Based Snack Products
  • FrigorTec's GRANIFRIGOR Control-Logic
  • Yenar's rollCare Profile Measurement Device
  • Eye-Grain's iGrain Temperature and Moisture Reader
  • Wingmen Group's Termico Silo THT
  • Dinnissen's latest Hamex Hammer Mill
  • Henan Jingu Industry Development's QINPAC Bagging System

We will also be featuring three brilliant keynote speakers:
  • Mr Norman Loop of The FlourWorld Museum, who will discuss their latest initiative, World Flour Day
  • Professor Li Dongsen of Zhengzhou Golden Grain Equipment Engineering Co
  • Mr Bobby Ariyanto, Senior Vice-President of Manufacturing for Bogasari Flour Mills

Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

January 21, 2020

Zheng Chang’s Tianmu Lake Forum for the feed industry

From December 16-18th, 2019, the 8th Tianmu Lake Forum and the Establishment of Jiangsu Zheng Chang Pellet Mill Sci&Tech Co., Ltd was successfully held by the beautiful Tianmu Lake. The Pellet Mill was jointly organised by Zheng Chang Group, China Feed Industry Association and Jiangsu Feed Industry Association.

With the theme of "Stability and Reliability Enables Long-lasting Development - New Technology, New Process and New Development", this forum invited a number of well-known experts and scholars in the industry, as well as more than 100 domestic and foreign elites of famous feed groups to discuss and share the problems and development points of the feed industry.
 
Image credit: Zheng Chang

At the same time, Zheng Chang Mould Company has been upgraded to Zheng Chang Pellet Mill Sci&Tech Co., Ltd. The experts and enterprise leaders at the forum have witnessed the development and technical progress of Zheng Chang Pellet Mill for 50 years.

From the early development of China's first pellet mill to the largest pellet mill Type 1208(75t/h) in China, from the all-stock acquisition of the granulating factory in China invested by CPM US in 1998 to the comprehensive innovation and improvement in the core technology of CPM Pellet Mill, Zheng Chang have achieved a complete, stable and reliable pellet mill series for the industry!

The establishment of Zheng Chang Pellet Mill Sci&Tech Company aims to focus on the core business of pellet mill R&D, manufacturing and related accessories services, and provide customers with more comprehensive and professional pellet mill solutions.


Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

Compact milling system for producing Atta flour

by Bühler Group, Switzerland

Bühler now also offers a compact milling system for producing Atta flours. The new AIPesa milling system is based on the smaller version of the PesaMill and is superbly suited to a small-scale production of hygienic and authentically tasty Atta flours.

Atta flours are the basis for making the flat breads, such as chapati, roti and puri, which are a basic food staple on the Indian subcontinent. Made from a variety of wheat blends, Atta flour is in high demand in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, above all.
 


Rapid urbanisation and a growing, quality-conscious middle class in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh has created a strong demand for Atta flours of high quality. Atta flour has been produced for centuries on what are called chakki mills. This outdated technology with its limited capacity and, in particular, the chemical substances used on the mill stones no longer meet the requirements of an industrial and hygienic milling process.

New Atta process
Bühler has worked closely with specialists for Atta flour to develop a new process for the industrial manufacture of whole grain Atta flour. The Bühler Atta process is the first industrial process technology for manufacturing hygienic, faultless and authentic tasting Atta flour.

The core of this revolutionary Atta process, which offers a modern alternative to the common chakki mills, is the high-compression mill, PesaMill MDGA, with grinding rolls. The high-compression mill was developed for the particular requirements of Atta production. It ensures a high throughput while maintaining top food safety.

The machine can be easily cleaned and requires less maintenance than a chakki mill, which needs to have its stones redressed every month. In addition, producers can customise their product thanks to the innovative milling system. The PesaMill can produce flour according to specific values for water absorption, starch damage and granulation in order to adapt to regional market preferences.

After milling, a plansifter makes efficient sifting and sorting possible. Furthermore, Bühler’s ZZ sifter offers a compact solution for separating bran particles and semolina. The result is an Atta flour with optimal colour.

A single PesaMill can replace up to twenty traditional stone mills with its completely integrated process - and there are innumerable other advantages such as higher yields, reduced energy consumption and the possibility to produce multiple flour qualities on the same machine.


Read more HERE.
 

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com

FILIP company profile



FILIP know the exacting requirements of their customers, how important a perfect screen cleaning is for the performance in the plan sifter - and thus for the final flour yield in the corresponding passages. That is why they place the highest value on the highest quality of their products.


FILIP offers:
• 100 years of expertise in screen cleaning technology
• Proven products with efficient screen cleaning for decades
• Screen cleaner for all common plansifter types
• Competent and individual advice
• Short delivery times and fast order processing
• Strict quality management
• Custom made items
• Numerous foreign representations worldwide
• Food suitability (FDA / EU)

High Quality - Made in Germany
The well-known FILIP quality is created through conscientious manual work at their location in Germany. We rely exclusively on experienced, well-trained personnel in the production. Every single cleaner goes through several strict quality controls before leaving the factory. The final quality control is documented by an employee in writing and sent with the goods. This process and selected, high-quality raw materials ensure a long service life of their products - even under extreme temperature and humidity conditions.

The brush and cleaner bodies are made of a food grade polyurethane, which protects the screen frame due to its high elasticity. And the specially tailored trimming material is processed so that the mesh fabric is gently cleaned. Thanks to a dynamic knocking and cleaning effect, their products achieve above-average screening performance, even for products that are difficult to sieve. They protect the sieves from sticking and are resistant to fats and enzymes.

FDA / EU certified - safety comes first
When processing food, safety and quality are top priorities. Of course, this also applies to their products. At the mill, their screen cleaners come into direct contact with the product to be screened. For this reason, the food suitability of their materials used is of utmost importance to us.

The plastics from the FILIP range are therefore made from materials whose substances are considered to be harmless in connection with food. FILIP products have been proven to meet stringent US and European requirements.

Applied guidelines are:
FDA Code of Federal Regulations (US), Food and Drugs, FDA Regulation 21 CFR §177.1680 Title: For Direct Food Contact (USA).

Regulation (EU) No 1935/2004 of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

Regulation (EU) No 2023/2006 of 22 December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.


Visit the FILIP website, HERE.

The Global Miller
This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine Milling and Grain
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.


For additional daily news from milling around the world: global-milling.com